ARRL WEST VIRGINIA SECTION

             DEC 2015 Report

SM:N8SFO Phillip Groves; ASM: K8WV; ACC: N8NH;
PIC: KD8MRU; SEC:WV8JS; ASEC Digital: WA8LLM;
STM:WV8KDC; OOC: W8KER; SGL: K8BS; TC: WD8PAD

  Please come out and support your Amateur Radio council. All WV AMATEURS are members of the WVSARC – come to the meeting and support the ARRL WV Convention. 

ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS CAN KEEP UP TO DATE on activities and actions in the amateur community, visit our new web page   http://wvarrl.com .Support ARRL in WV – join.

  Many of you have worked very hard to keep your clubs active and assisted during severe weather events, and of course, participated in the Hamfests throughout the years.  Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.

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WV AMATEUR RADIO CLUBs –Thanks to the several clubs for updating the WVSARC Club list.   Should you have an Amateur Radio Club you would like to list, just visit http://www.qsl.net/wvsarc/ and click on the Add or Edit your Club Link
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WV ARES® NET CONTROLS:
Jim Stephson,WV8JS, Net Manager for the WV ARES®/RACES Emergency Net will be accepting volunteers for the 2015 monthly Net Control positions – The Net Control position would take about ½ hour one evening a month (1st  Thursday following the 6:00 PM WV Fone Net on 3810). Should you be interested in becoming a Net Control, contact Jim @ amateurrdo@suddenlink.net. 
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Dan Ringer, K8WV, ARRL WV Section ASM:
Should you have a question related to amateur radio and ARRL, just contact Dan at    k8wv@arrl.net.
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Keith Richmond, W8KER, ARRL WV Section OOC:
WV OO DEC activity – Four (4) OOs reporting and a total of 89 hours monitoring and One  (1) notice sent. If you are Interested in becoming an OO you may contact Keith at keith@suddenlink.net.

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Bill Hunter, K8BS, ARRL WV Section SGL:
State Government Liaison providing support with the State OES.

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Karl Thompson,K8KT, ARRL WV TC:
Should you have a technical problem, just contact Karl for assistance at k8kt@suddenlink.net
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Support Function #2-Communications   http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS802.aspThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation   http://www.AMSAT.org
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There seems to be an influx of new “Hams and Upgrades”, see lists below.  Please try to Elmer and support those new to the “hobby”.

WV NEW AMATEURS for OCT 2015 

"Brandon J Evans,KE8CFA" Mary E Brown,KE8CGH" Donald R Payne,KE8CFB"Kevin D Payne,KE8CFC"William R Grimmett,KE8CEA"Harry C Bateman,KE8CJU"Brian Beverage,KE8CJS"Janice L Cozart,KE8CJR"Monica V Fleming,KE8CJQ"James R Steele,KE8CJT"Clinton E White,KE8CGF"Lonnie R Bryson,KE8CHB"Jeffery L Reynolds,KE8CIZ"Robert J Hopkin,KE8CJB"Rae Stanley,KE8CIX"Nicholas F Zarilla,KE8CIW"David R Adams,KE8CGI"Christopher C Mccoy,KE8CGG"Jon M Saken,KE8CJA"Joseph Spence,KE8CIQ"Ralph B Waddell,KE8CHS"Walter E King,KE8CHR"James A Ruggless,KE8CJV"David A Vazquev,KE8CIY"Phillip C Swart,KE8CJW;

 WV Amateur Upgrades for OCT 2015 "CONGRATULATIONS TO"  Rudy U Marrujo,KD8WPG"William S Burns,KC4NZW"Johnnie A Tucker,WD8MEL"Paul R Rice,KE8CCGRonald L Muir,N1NDG"Robert P.Lipscomb,KD8VBV"Donald E Luzadder,KB8URE;

Be sure to Congratulate them the next time you see them or hear them on the air. 

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WV ARRL MEMBER (New/Renew) –OCT 2015 – “WELCOME TO" Clinton E White,KE8CGF"Paul J Schonburn DO,"William M Mcgrew,KD8ZZQ"Mark R Terrill,KD8VGH"Michael Dangler"Thomas G Raines,KD8YMN"David L Lilly,KD8WVR"Danny W Booth,WB8YNR"Robert L Smithson,N8RLS"Leonard F Romanek,KY8O"Wiley Dawson,WD8W"NormanT Pastorius,W8NTP"E.P. Mullins,WA4ODW"Ernest E Hofer,KE8BUG"Rick Hicks,WV8HIX"Timothy J Yoos,KE8BTA"Thomas Crum,KC8JNA"Tabitha L Homes,KE8BWD"Howard R McDaniel,KA8BVL"Henery W Gould,K4CQA"Kevin E Link,KD8ZMO;

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Jim Stephson,WV8JM ARRL WV Section Emergency Coordinator: August 2015 Report See ARES® Reports below. Interested in public service and emergency communications, join the ARRL and subscribe to the ARES® E-Letter at www.arrl.org/ares-letter and for NON-members www.arrl.org/ARES-EL.  

Total number of ARES members:189   Change since last month:87

DECs/ECs reporting 21

Number of drills, tests and training sessions reported this month:25 Person hours  852

Number of public service events reported this month: 4  Person hours 161

Number of emergency operations reported this month: 1  Person hours 90

Number of ARES operations reported this Month: 30 Total Person hours 1103

•  Tucker County, Nothing to report.
•  Randolph County, Nothing to report
• Kanawha County, The August 2015 Kanawha Co. Ares/Races
• meeting was head at the Kanawha Co. Metro/911 Center.
• Training was on Antiterrorism Level 1 Awareness training
• with 20 in attendence.The next meeting of the Kanawha Co.
• Ares/Races meeting will be July 16 2015 at the Metro/911
• Center at 6:00pm please plan on attending.

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Kenneth Caplinger, WV8KDC, ARRL WV STM: DEC 2015 Report
See the ARRL WV Section NTS Net Reports, the Station Activity Reports (SAR) and the Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) reports below. HF Nets Reporting         Stations    Traffic      Time      Sessions     Net Mangers

WV Fone Net         804         83          635          31                W8YS  

WV Midday Net      640         20         494           31                N8NCP

WVCW Net Early     80          22         159          28                 KD8G

WVCW Net Late      52          15         159          28                 KD8G

EPTN                      169           4         279          25                 KG4RRN

WV ARES/RACES   21            0          18             1                 N8SFO                                                                                          

Total                       1,766     144     1,709         142                 

  

ARES®/RACES                Stations    Traffic Time Min  Sessions                District 6 ARES®                   60            2           57              4

Pendleton Co ASER              12            0           14              1`

Cabell Co. ARES                   67            0           37              4

Kanawha Co. ARES              89            4          156             4

 Total                                    228           6           264           13

2 Meter Nets               Stations Traffic Time/Minutes sessions         

BDARC  Net                      32          0                 86               3                         Poch Co. Coffee Net       194          0                580             12

Stonewall Jackson            70           0               150               5

S. J. Digtal                           9           0                45               3        

                  Total              305           0               861             23  

6 Meter Nets

8 Rivers Net                     27         0                   83              4

  

               Station Activity Report  (SAR) –OCT  2015

Station           Orig    Rec   Sent    Del  Total                                                  W8YS               0       44        5        0      49                                          

KA8ZGY            27      12       13     12     64

W8CPG              8       27       11       0     46                            

WD8DHC          0         8        31        0     39                                                            

Total:                35       81      60      12    198                               

                        

                  Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) -DEC 2015

      Station       1       2       3       4       5       6       Total                                           KA8ZGY   31     40      20     25     0      10       126 

      W8CPG    40     40      30      0      9        0       119

      WD8DHC  40     40     10       0      0        0        90

Stations Total 111   120    60     25      9      10       326       ====================================================
ACC in open, ARRL WV Section ACC:
If you have any questions about clubs in your area please feel free to contact me at n8sfo@arrl.org.
ARRL Affiliated Clubs – Visit the ARRL Club site www.arrl/org 
 to update your clubs ANNUAL REPORT.

ARRL Affiliated Clubs – Visit the ARRL Club site to update or
become a SPECIAL SERVICE CLUB.

WV Clubs - Visit the ARRL Club site to become an ARRL Affiliated Club. 
ARRL VE Testing – Visit the ARRL Exams site www.arrl.org for testing
site/locations/dates.
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WEST VIRGINIA AMATEUR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

***Please visit the West Virginia State Amateur Radio Council (WVSARC)
website at  http://www.qsl.net/wvsarc/wv_clubs.html  and update your
club/organization information and email address.    All WV Amateur Clubs
 are asked to register on the site...
*** Check out the above list of “New”, Upgrade WV Amateurs and ARRL
members for your club to contact as perspective members.
*** WV Club Newsletters – Does your club have a newsletter – please
send hardcopy or by email.

Should you need an update to the listing below, contact: n8sfo@arrl.org
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64 Repeater Group     Dwight D. Hensley, N8HZ, Barboursville, WV

Barbour County Area Amateur Radio Club   wv8bc@arrl.net

Black Diamond ARC /wv8bd/     www.qsl.net/wv8bd/

Charleston Ham fest and Computer Show   http://www.w8gk.org/ 
     n8tmw@arrl.net

Coal Country Amateur Radio Club  http://www.wv8ccc.org

Doddridge County Amateur Radio Society 
  http://www.dcars.zoomshare.com/

East River Radio Club     http://www.erarc.com

Eastern Panhandle ARC

Jackson County ARC   wd8jnu@arrl.net

Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club http://jcwvarc.webs.com
 kd8ckn@yahoo.com

Kanawha Amateur Radio Club http://www.karc.wvhamradio.com
 http://www.w8gk.org/

Logan County ARC   maynardsidney@hotmail.com 

Mon County Amateur Radio Club www.qsl.net/k8mcr 

Monongalia Wireless Assn.   w8mwa@arrl.net    
http://www.w8wma.org

Mountain State Transmitters     Jeffrey A. Broschart, KC8OBS
 jbroscha@access.k12.wv.us

Mountaineer ARA (contract Joe Radcliff, WD8EOG)  
 wvham@adelphia.net

Opequon Radio Society      http://qsl.net/w8ors

Parkersburg Amateur Radio Klub 
http://www.qsl.net/wvsarc/wv_clubs.html   kc8ruj@yahoo.com

Plateau Amateur Radio Assn    http://www.parawv.com

Ritchie Amateur Group     kn8j@arrl.net   
 http://members.ruralnet.org/madhattr/

Southern WV ARA, Inc    http://www.swvarai.org

Stonewall Jackson ARA       http://www.sjara.org

Tri-County Ham Radio Club     ka8mtc@adelphia.net 

Tri-State Amateur Radio Assn. www.orgsites.com/wv/taraclub.  

West Virginia Amateur Radio   http://www.wvar.org

West Virginia DX Assn.  www.wvdxa.blogspot.com/                            

West Virginia University ARC   http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~w8cul

WV State Amateur Radio Council       http://qsl.net/wvsarc 
wa8ycd@arrl.net

WV Wesley College ARC   http://www.wvwc.edu/w8ld

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WV HF Nets Name                 Day(s)   Time (local)   Freq. (MHz)    Mgr.

West Virginia CW Early Net    Daily        1900              3.567          KD8G

West Virginia Fone Net              Daily     1800              3.810          W8YS

West Virginia CW Late Net     Daily         2200             3.567          KD8G

WV ARES/RACES Emg.Net  1stThurs .   1830            3.810       KC8SIG

West Virginia Mid Day Net      Daily        1145     7.235 / 3.810      W3GEG

Triple States ARES CW Net     Wed.        1846            28.480         KF8RL

TSARC 10 meter Phone Net     Wed.        1930            28.480        N8FQN

TSARC 40 meter Net                Wed.        2000             7.260         K8UGO

 

WV VHF Nets    Day(s)  Time       Freq. (MHz)        Coverage         Mgr.

8 Rivers ARC      Tu       2100    145.110 T107.2   Pocah. Co. +   KC8CSE

BDARC             Fr/Tu    2100      145.370 T 100.0 Raleigh Co. +  kb8que 

Barbour Co ARES  Th   2100    145.140-           Barbour Co.     KC8MLK

Cabell Co ARES    M       2030  146.760-/443.850 Hunt/KY/OH   KB8LSR

Eastern Pan.Trfi M-F     1845     147.255+    Morg/Berk/Jeff.Co. KG4RRN

Fayette Co. ARES®  2,4 Th  2030     146.790-   Fayette.Co +     

Gilmer Co.  ARES®     Th       1900     145.290-   Central WV      KA8ZXP

Harrison Co. ARES®  Th       1900     146.685- North Central WV      WJ8G

Jefferson Co ARES®  Su    2030     147.255+        Jefferson Co.

KARC 2mtr        Su       2030    145.350-      Kanawha Co. +       N8TMW

MountainStateFM  Sat   2100   145.370        Tucker Co./adj.      KD8HJN

Northern WV ARES®  W      2030     145.300-      Northern WV         KB8QIR

Ohio Co ARES®   Su      2000     146.760-       Ohio Co.                KC8CR

Pendleton Co ARES®/R Th   1900      147.285+   Eastern WV      N8HON

PioneerARA2mtr T      1900      146.835-      Central WV         KB8EUN

PlateauARA2mtr  Sa    2000     146.790-       Fayette.Co +       

Steuben.Weirton   Su    2000     147.060+    North WV/E OH     W8DYF

SWJARC 2mtr     T      1900      147.210+    North Central WV N8FMD

TSARC News Net F     2000      146.910-     North. Panhdl.          K8AN

TSARC Skywarn  T     1915      146.910-     North. Panhdl     WD8PQG

Tyler Co ARES® Org. M    2100      147.360+    Tyler Co. +     KB8TIV

Wayne Co ARES  M    2100      147.390+    Louisa,KY/WV   KC8ICK

WV East Reg ARES®S M   2000       147.255+  Morg/Berk/Jeff.Co. K8WXI
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Michael Erwin, KD8MRU, ARRL WV Section PIC:
Please contact Michael at kd8mru@arrl.net  should you have questions related to Public Information processes and/or  advertising upcoming events.

 04/11/2015 | MCARC HAMFEST

Location: Morgantown, WV
 

 

04/25/2015 | Plateau ARA's 35th Annual Hamfest

Location: Fayetteville, WV
 

 

05/02/2015 | JACKSON COUNTY ARC HAMFEST

Location: Ripley, WV
 

 

08/08/2015 | Tri-State ARA's 53rd Annual Hamfest

Location: Huntington, WV
 

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